Samsung Advertising Fails: A Long History of Embarrasment
Earlier this month, Cleveland Indians slugger Brandon Moss drilled his 100th career home run, only to see the ball land in the Indians’ bullpen where the pitching staff decided to hold the ball for ransom in exchange for a laundry list of demands that included an assortment of Apple products, from iPhones and iPads to Macs and Apple Watches.
When Apple became aware of the Indian pitchers’ Apple-centric ransom demands, Apple’s marketing team went to work. So at WWDC last week, Tim Cook referenced the story and said that Apple would deliver all of the items in question.
As we highlighted yesterday, Samsung recently tried to pull off the same stunt with Indians pitcher Trevor Bauer tweeting out that the Indians pitching staff wanted an assortment of Samsung products in exchange for Moss’ first hit ball. But as it turns out, Bauer’s tweet was embarrassingly sent from an iPhone.
Sadly, this is just the latest example in a long list of Samsung advertising and PR fails. You would think Samsung would learn by now that paying celebrities to temporarily espouse the virtues of all things Samsung is nothing more than a recipe for disaster.
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AT&T Nailed With a Massive $100M Fine for Misleading Consumers on ‘Unlimited’ Data Plans
Oh my. The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday issued a massive smack down against AT&T for offering consumers “unlimited” data plans and then severely throttling their speeds once they reached certain limits every month. In all, the FCC hit AT&T with a huge $100 million fine for allegedly misleading consumers, although AT&T has vowed to not take this lying down.
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Superhero Dad Jumps on Stolen SUV, Saves Son Trapped Inside
A man in Georgia on Sunday jumped on a moving SUV to save his 8-year-old son, after a teenager raced off with the car while the boy was still in the back seat.
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Former Apple employee reveals one of the worst things about working for Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs was a visionary who literally helped shape the future of the world. He was a driving force in the personal computing revolution, and then he and his company reinvented the smartphone to move computing off of our desks and into our pockets. Like many other successful founders, Jobs was a genius. And like many other geniuses, Jobs was incredibly difficult to work with at times.
Now, a new account from a former Apple employee gives us a fresh perspective on the worst things about working with Apple’s iconic co-founder.
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The Best Credit Card Offers of 2015: Airlines
If you’re someone who likes to travel a lot, you’ll probably want a good credit card that gives perks to frequent fliers. There are a lot of these out there, however, which is why we’re glad to see that both The Points Guy and NerdWallet have gone through them all to give us the best airline-related credit card deals around. Below we’ve listed some of the best cards for frequent fliers along with descriptions of what each card offers. If you want a full list of the pluses and minuses of each card, be sure to check out NerdWallet’s full article by clicking here and be sure to check out The Points Guy’s page to learn about other great credit card deals.
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These GIFs Will Show You the Best New Features in iOS 9
Intended to be an update that’ll deliver increased stability and an improved user experience, iOS 9 has a bunch of interesting new features, including a variety of cool tricks that should improve the iOS experience. There are also some great new features that Apple didn’t properly introduce on stage at WWDC 2015. In what follows, you can see six upcoming iOS 9 features that are very nifty, and they’re all detailed in quick GIF animations.
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WARNING: Major iPhone Security Flaw Lets Hackers Steal All Your Passwords
A very serious security flaw in Apple’s iOS mobile platform and its OS X desktop operating system has been discovered by security researchers and seemingly acknowledged by Apple. Using the flaw, hackers can build an app that is capable of stealing any and all passwords saved in Apple’s Keychain. Additionally, the same flaw can reportedly be used to steal passwords directly from third-party apps as well as Apple’s own apps.
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10 Awesome Paid iPhone Apps Worth $40 On Sale for Free Today
Welcome to our biggest list of the week featuring paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free. Today’s post includes a total of 10 iOS apps that would normally cost you a combined total of $40 to download, but each and every one can be had for free if you hurry up and grab them before these sales end.
And if 10 isn’t enough for you, there are a few more freebies to be found in yesterday’s post.
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Worst Idea Ever: Deutsche Telekom in Talks to Sell T-Mobile to Comcast
Oh hell no. Reuters writes that German publication Manager Magazin is reporting that T-Mobile parent company Deutsche Telekom has been having talks to unload the “Un-carrier” onto Comcast. Yes, that Comcast.
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Is Daniel Craig’s Run as James Bond Already Coming to an End?
The next chapter in the ongoing James Bond saga is easily one of the mostly hotly anticipated movies of 2015. Dubbed Spectre, the film stars Christoph Waltz, Ralph Fiennes, Monica Bellucci and Lea Seydoux alongside Bond himself, Daniel Craig. We have seen a number of compelling arguments suggesting that Craig ranks among the best Bonds in 007 history, but new rumors suggest his role as the iconic British agent may soon be coming to an end.
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